View of Union Square near the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California. Construction materials for the St. Francis Hotel are in the street. The park has trees, palm trees, yucca plants, a Joshua tree and bushes. Men and boys lounge on the grass and on park benches. Shows commercial buildings on Geary Street, these include false front buildings in a variety of styles. The Hinomoto Co. has a cornice with a carved plaster course, a tile roof and tower in the Chinese style. The Heine Piano Co., is wood and has balconets, a bay window, a cornice with pediments, modillions and plaster swags, quoins and window surrounds with pediments, modillions and pilasters. The Cordes Furniture Co. is brick, with keystone arch window surrounds, a stepped pediment, and balconets with modillions and cast iron fencing or balustrades. Signs read: "The Regal Shoe $3.50" "The Hinomoto Co." "Dr. W.H. Seeherst, Dentist" "Heine Piano Co. Hall, Pianos Rented $2.00 Up Payment $4.00 Up" "Cordes Furniture Co., Furniture, Carpets, Draperies, Rugs, Mattings, Linoleums, Majestic Steel Ranges, Your Credit is Good" and "Del Monico." An unidentified building is under construction in the distance. The unfinished large building has a cornice with dentils, arched window with keystone surrounds, balconets and a parapet balustrade.

10857-3-L reproduced in glass negative.; Accession number: 86.200.3558; Attribution to Jackson based on the glass negative's inclusion in the History Colorado William Henry Jackson Collection.; History Colorado.; Title penciled on negative envelope.; R7200096883